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Gang recruiting Fire Service personnel busted at Lapaz hotel [Video]

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has busted a 10-member gang allegedly recruiting unsuspecting victims at a hotel at Lapaz, Accra. This was in...

Tema MTTD suspends road checks

The Tema Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has asked all personnel of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) to suspend road checks with...

Punish attackers of Radio Ada – Oppong Nkrumah

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged the Police administration to ensure that the attackers of Radio Ada face the full rigours of...

5 men arrested for stealing maize

Twenty-seven tonnes of maize were reportedly stolen from the port of the Angolan city of Benguela. The goods, bought for Angola’s Strategic Food Reserve,...

Confusion rocks NPP press conference in Sunyani [Video]

https://youtu.be/yyVJYsLIKD8 Chaos broke out on Friday during a press conference by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Sunyani in the Bono Region. The incident, which...

Boy, 15, attempts suicide after failing exams

A 15-year-old boy attempted suicide by jumping into a deep well at Mfuom- Aboabo, a suburb of Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality...

3 in critical condition after man shot 5 at funeral

Three persons are battling for their lives in the Northern regional capital Tamale after a man shot five people at a funeral ceremony. Police...

Francis Sosu to offer free legal support for baby whose hand was left to rot at St Dominic Hospital

Legal practitioner, Francis Xavier Sosu, says he will file a medical malpractice lawsuit against St. Dominic Hospital at Akwatia in the Eastern Region to...

One dead, four others injured in gas explosion at Ejisu

A 14-year-old girl has died with four others on admission at the Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. This is after a...

Herdsman slapped with 12 months jail term for burning his master’s hut

A 25-year-old herdsman, Bukari Haruna, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after burning his master's hut, property and stealing a mobile phone. The prosecutor...

SIM re-registration: I apologise over use ‘gong-gong, drums’ comments – NCA lawyer

Director of Legal at the National Communications Authority (NCA), Dr Opoku Adusei, has rendered an apology over his comments on concerns raised with the...

We’re focused on enforcing Assembly laws in 2022 – Kumasi Mayor

City Mayor for Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Samuel Pyne, has announced that the enforcement of the law is one of the key things the Assembly...

Lack of health centre forces Kpatuli pregnant women to choose home delivery

Pregnant women at Kpatuli in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region have been forced to give birth at home due to the lack...

Double Track System not abolished – Ntim Fordjour

The Ministry of Education has refuted claims making the round that the Double Track System has been abolished. Deputy Minister of Education, Rev John Ntim...

CICL: The medical centre doing wonders in cancer treatment

To curb the rising incidence and mortality rate of cancer in Africa, Africa's leading cancer treatment hub, Centre intégré de cancérologie de Laval (CICL),...

Attack on Radio Ada: MP calls for police protection for journalists

Member of Parliament for Ada, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah is calling for police protection for staff of Radio Ada. According to her, her constituents including staff...

Use gong-gong and drums if you don’t want to re-register SIM card – NCA lawyer

Director of Legal at the National Communications Authority (NCA), Dr. OPoku Adusei, has asked members of the Concerned Mobile Network Subscribers to resort to...

Electrochem Ghana Limited reacts to attack on Radio Ada

Electrochem Ghana Limited, the company contracted to mine salt in the Songor Lagoon, has dissociated itself from the attack on Radio Ada that occurred...

Woman absconds after allegedly pouring acid on husband [Photo]

A 45-year-old woman suspected to have poured acid on her husband at Kwahu-Miaso in the Eastern has absconded. On October 13, 2021, Doris Lamptey...

Ashanti Region records 73 fire incidents so far in 2022

The Ashanti Region has recorded 73 fire incidents just two weeks into 2022, a situation officials of the Ghana National Fre Service describe as...

Benchmark Value Discount implementation forces Wilmar Africa to shut down oil production plant

Wilmar Africa Limited, producers of Frytol Vegetable Oil and Fortune Rice, has announced the imminent closure of its oil production division over operational challenges....

MFWA condemns attack on Radio Ada, demands prosecution of perpetrators

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has condemned the attack on the Radio Ada (93.3 FM), a community radio station in the Greater...

Bawumia launches UG’s ‘one student one laptop’ initiative [Photos]

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday launched the University of Ghana's (UG) 'one student one laptop' initiative. The initiative is designed to...

Three SHS students who allegedly burnt a Bolt driver denied bail

The three Senior High School (SHS) students arrested in connection with the alleged burning to death of a Bolt rider at Baka-Ano have been...

Police appeal for information to arrest Radio Ada attackers

Police in Ada have called on the general public, especially residents of the Ada community, to disclose any information that can lead to the...

NLC declares UTAG strike illegal; orders work resumes

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered the immediate withdrawal of the University Teacher Association of Ghana's (UTAG) strike action. Members of UTAG embarked...

Ghana removed from EU’s money laundering list – Akufo-Addo

Ghana has officially been removed from the European Union’s list of money laundering and terrorist financing countries, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. The European...

Vandalism at Radio Ada: The inside story [Audio]

Management of community radio station, Radio Ada, is still in shock over the 17-minute vandalism that went on at the station's premises. The station has...

Stonebwoy calls on 3 Ghanaian ancestors to support Black Stars

After Ghana suffered a 1-0 defeat to Morocco in their first game of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) competition, dancehall musician Stonebwoy...

Sprinter bus kills coconut seller, 2 others on Cape Coast Highway

A Sprinter vehicle has been involved in a fatal accident, killing three people and injuring 15 others at Ekumfi Ekotsi. Per Adom News reports,...

Godfred Dame adjudged best-performing Minister; see full list for other appointees

The Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, Transport Minister; Kwaku Ofori-Asiamah and Education Minister; Dr Yaw Osei Adwutwum have been adjudged the first-best performing Ministers for...

Police probe alleged assault on motorist by officer at Tesano

The Tesano Divisional Police Command is investigating an alleged assault of a motorist by a police officer for flouting road traffic regulations. The victim,...

GRA chases 3 tax defaulting firms

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stepped up efforts to ensure that all tax defaulting companies honour their obligations to the state in order...

NCA hints at extending SIM re-registration deadline

There may be an extension of the deadline for the ongoing SIM card re-registration, the National Communications Authority (NCA) has hinted. The Authority had...

Two arrested in connection with murder of Holland returnee

The Asokwa Divisional Police Command has arrested two persons in connection with the death of a 26-year-old Holland returnee, Bernard Boateng, at Aputuogya in...

Judge threatens to revoke Ato Essien’s bail in ¢620m Capital Bank trial

An Accra High Court has expressed frustration with counsel for the Chief Executive of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien’s attitude towards his ongoing...

Man, 34, who faked own death to evade charges caught by police after catching Covid

A fugitive who faked his own death to escape charges in the US was caught when he was admitted to a hospital in Scotland...

Former NDC man Atubiga hospitalised

Outspoken political activist, Stephen Atubiga, has shared a harrowing story of how he nearly went blind. The founder of the National Liberation Party attributed his...

Radio Ada shuts down

The Management of Radio Ada 93.3 FM has shut down the radio station to enable it to review and repair the damage caused. This follows...

Ashanti Region records 73 fire incidents two weeks into 2022

The Ashanti Region has recorded 73 fire incidents, just two weeks into 2022, a situation fire officers have described as alarming. Records from the...